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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 104393-104394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30575]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

7 CFR Parts 247, 250, 251, 253, and 254

[FNS-2023-0026]
RIN 0584-AE92

Food Distribution Programs: Improving Access and Parity

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Nutrition Service is correcting a final rule that 
appeared in the Federal Register on October 31, 2024. The document 
makes access and parity improvements in USDA's food distribution 
programs to support access for eligible populations and streamline 
requirements for program operators.

DATES: Effective December 30. 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Walton, Program Analyst, Food 
Distribution Policy Branch, Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs, 
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service, 1320 
Braddock Place, 3rd Floor, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 at 703-305-2746 
or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 2024-24966 appearing on page 
87228 in the Federal Register of Thursday, October 31, 2024, the 
following corrections are made:

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1. Sec.  247.5 [Corrected]
    On page 87244, in the third column, in amendatory instruction 4, 
correct paragraphs (b)(15) through (17) to read as follows:
    (b) * * *
    (15) Ensuring that program participation does not exceed the State 
agency's caseload allocation on an average monthly basis;
    (16) Making publicly available a list of all CSFP local agencies on 
a publicly available internet web page. The State agency must post the 
name, address, and telephone number for each local agency. The list 
must be updated, at a minimum, on an annual basis; and
    (17) Posting the State Plan that is currently in use on a publicly 
available internet web page.
* * * * *

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2. Sec.  247.9 [Corrected]
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i. On page 87245, in the first and second columns, in amendatory 
instruction 9 correct paragraphs (b)(1) and (d)(3)(xxiv) to read as 
follows:
    (b) * * *
    (1) The State agency may accept as income-eligible for CSFP 
benefits any applicant that documents that they are certified as fully 
eligible for the following Federal programs: the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program, the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), the Low Income 
Subsidy Program, or the Medicare Savings Programs.
* * * * *
    (d) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (xxix) Payments to the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian 
community and the Assiniboine Tribe of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation 
(Montana) (Pub. L. 98-124, sec. 5);
* * * * *

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3. Sec.  251.4 [Corrected]
    On page 87250, in the first column, instruction 26 for Sec.  251.4, 
correct instruction 26.f. to read as follows:
    f. Removing the term ``donated commodities'' wherever it appears in 
paragraph (g) and adding in its place the term ``USDA Foods'';

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4. Sec.  253.2 [Corrected]
    On page 87254, in the first and second columns, in amendatory 36, 
correct the definitions of ``Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) and 
``State agency'' to read as follows:
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[[Page 104394]]

    Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) means:
    (1) The recognized governing body of any Indian tribe on a 
reservation; or
    (2) The tribally recognized intertribal organization which the 
recognized governing bodies of two or more Indian tribes on a 
reservation authorize to operate SNAP or a Food Distribution Program on 
their behalf.
* * * * *
    State agency means:
    (1) The agency of State government, including the local offices 
thereof, which enters into an agreement with FNS for the distribution 
of USDA Foods on all or part of an Indian reservation, and
    (2) The ITO of any Indian tribe, determined by the Department to be 
capable of effectively administering a Food Distribution Program, which 
enters into an agreement with FNS for the distribution of USDA Foods on 
all or part of an Indian reservation.
    (3) State agencies are also referred to as FDPIR administering 
agencies.

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5. Sec.  253.5 [Corrected]
    On page 87255, in the first column, in amendment 39, correct the 
section heading to read as follows:

Sec.  253.5  State agency requirements.

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6. Sec.  253.6 [Corrected]
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i. On page 87255, in the second column, in amendment 40, correct 
paragraphs (a)(2), (d)(3)(vii); and (e)(1) to read as follows:
* * * * *
    (a) * * *
    (2) Nonhousehold members. The following individuals residing with a 
household shall not be considered household members in determining the 
household's eligibility. Nonhousehold members specified in paragraphs 
(a)(2) (i) and (iv) who are otherwise eligible may participate in the 
Program as separate households.
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    (d) * * *
    (3) * * *
    (vii) The earned income (as defined in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this 
section) of children who are members of the household, who are students 
at least half time and who have not attained their eighteenth birthday. 
* * *
* * * * *
    (e) Income deductions--(1) Earned income deduction. Households with 
earned income, as defined in paragraph (d)(2)(i) of this section, shall 
be allowed a deduction of twenty percent of their gross earned income. 
Earned income excluded under paragraph (d)(3) of this section shall not 
be considered earned income for the purpose of computing this 
deduction.
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30575 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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